Lot 191
Tibullus (Albius) and Gaius Valerius Catullus. Elegiae, sive Carmina, Venice, Andreas de Paltasichis, 1487.
Hammer Price: £5,500
Description
Tibullus (Albius) [and Gaius Valerius Catullus] Elegiae, sive Carmina, commentary by Bernardinus Cyllenius Veronensis (Tibullus) and Antonius Parthenius (Catullus), collation: a-d8 e-f6 g-i8 k6 l8 m10+1, 92 ff. (of 93, lacking initial blank), Venice, Andreas de Paltasichis, 1487 bound after Propertius (Sextus Aurelius) Elegiae, commentary by Antonius Volscus Pipernus, collation: A-K8, 80 ff., the first blank, [Venice], [Andreas de Paltasichis], 1 February, 1488, together 2 works in 1 vol. (as often), 62 lines of commentary surrounding text (variable), Roman type, initial spaces, register f. at end of Tibullus for all three parts, with a 45-page index in a 16th century hand for the 3 parts bound in, and copious marginalia, some staining and spotting, 18th century Italian vellum, folio (294 x 206mm.)
⁂ A rare edition, enhanced by evidence of early scholarship. The presence of a register leaf for all three parts demonstrates that these works were often found together.
Provenance: Bishop John Vertue (1826-1900), who gave his books to Stonyhurst College (bookplate).
Literature: I: BMC V, 354; Goff T-371; HC 4762; Bod-inc T-210 II: BMC V, 354; Goff P-1018; HC 4762; Bod-inc P-482.
Description
Tibullus (Albius) [and Gaius Valerius Catullus] Elegiae, sive Carmina, commentary by Bernardinus Cyllenius Veronensis (Tibullus) and Antonius Parthenius (Catullus), collation: a-d8 e-f6 g-i8 k6 l8 m10+1, 92 ff. (of 93, lacking initial blank), Venice, Andreas de Paltasichis, 1487 bound after Propertius (Sextus Aurelius) Elegiae, commentary by Antonius Volscus Pipernus, collation: A-K8, 80 ff., the first blank, [Venice], [Andreas de Paltasichis], 1 February, 1488, together 2 works in 1 vol. (as often), 62 lines of commentary surrounding text (variable), Roman type, initial spaces, register f. at end of Tibullus for all three parts, with a 45-page index in a 16th century hand for the 3 parts bound in, and copious marginalia, some staining and spotting, 18th century Italian vellum, folio (294 x 206mm.)
⁂ A rare edition, enhanced by evidence of early scholarship. The presence of a register leaf for all three parts demonstrates that these works were often found together.
Provenance: Bishop John Vertue (1826-1900), who gave his books to Stonyhurst College (bookplate).
Literature: I: BMC V, 354; Goff T-371; HC 4762; Bod-inc T-210 II: BMC V, 354; Goff P-1018; HC 4762; Bod-inc P-482.
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